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Re: [HACKERS] Re: Faster CREATE DATABASE by delaying fsync (was 8.4.1 ubuntu karmic slow createdb)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, Michael Clemmons <glassresistor(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: Faster CREATE DATABASE by delaying fsync (was 8.4.1 ubuntu karmic slow createdb)
Date: 2010-02-07 16:24:00
Message-ID: 24184.1265559840@sss.pgh.pa.us (view raw or flat)
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Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> This is turning into yet another one of those situations where something 
> simple and useful is being killed by trying to generalize it way more 
> than it needs to be, given its current goals and its lack of external 
> interfaces.  There's no catversion bump or API breakage to hinder future 
> refactoring if this isn't optimally designed internally from day one.

I agree that it's too late in the cycle for any major redesign of the
patch.  But is it too much to ask to use a less confusing name for the
function?

			regards, tom lane

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